Peter G. Schultz

Peter G. Schultz is an American chemist, entrepreneur, and nonprofit leader. He is the CEO and president and Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research, the founder and former director of GNF, and the founding director of the California-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, established in 2012. In August 2014, Nature Biotechnology ranked Schultz the #1 top translational researcher in 2013. Schultz's contributions to the field of chemistry have included the development and application of methods to expand the genetic code of living organisms, the discovery of catalytic antibodies, and the development and application of molecular diversity technologies to address problems in chemistry, biology, and medicine.